Henry jeremiah smith



(No Model.)

H. J. SMITH. SHAVING BRUSH.

No. 507,462. Patented Oct. 24, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY JEREMIAH SMITH, OF FITZROY, VICTORIA.

SHAVING-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 507,462, dated October24, 1893.

Application filed November '7, 1892. Serial No. 451,273. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY JEREMIAH SMITH, engineer, a subject of theQueen of Great Britain, residing at 14. Palmer Street, Fitzroy, nearMelbourne, in the British Colony of Victoria, have invented an ImprovedShaving- Brush, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a shaving brush having asupply of soap in its handle, which can be fed into the bristles of thebrush whenever it is required for use, thereby necessitating theapplication of water. only in order to enable the user to produce a finelather.

My invention consists in a shaving brush having a hollow receptacle toform its handle, said receptacle being fitted with a piston which can bemoved up and down by rotating a screw-threaded rod passing through it,the lower end of said rod being passed through the bottom of thereceptacle, and having a large milled head to facilitate this operation.A small piece of tube projects from the upper end of this receptacleinto the midst of the bristles, and a valve may if preferred, be fittedwithin the upper end of the handle to prevent the escape of the soap orshaving paste when the brush is not in use.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevationwith part of the handle broken away, and Fig. 2 is a complete sideelevation of a shaving brush constructed according to my invention,while, Fig. 3 is a vertical central section thereof, showing the upperpart of the bristles (in elevation), and Fig. 4 is a plan of the underside of the milled head and screw-threaded spindle.

The same letters and numerals of reference indicate the same parts inall the figures.

A represents the receptacle which forms the handle of the brush and isadapted to receive a supply of shaving paste, soft soap or othersuitable material which it is intended to use for forming the lather,and B represents the bristles of the brush into which such shaving pasteor other material is required to be delivered. This receptacle A ispreferably formed of a piece of tubing, and is fitted with a piston 0adapted to slide up and down therein. This piston .works upon ascrewthreaded rod D, whose lower end is fitted with a milled head E sothat it can be rotated when it is desired to raise said piston.

F represents the tube which projects up into the center of the bristlesB. This said tube and bristles are both connected to or form part of, astopper G, which is screwthreaded, as illustrated in Fig. 1, so that itcan be screwed into the upper part of the receptacle A and readilyunscrewed when it is required to refill the handle of the brush withshaving paste or other material.

H represents a small spring valve which is fitted within the stopper Gand serves when the brush is not in use to prevent the paste or othermaterial escaping therefrom. The valve H, it will be seen is adapted toopen outward and it does this when the piston O, is moved so as to pressthe mass of paste with sufficient force against the valve to overcomeits spring. When some of the paste has been thus forced by the valve itwill gradually return to normal position and remain so until pressure isbrought to bear upon it again.

If found necessary, a feather 10 might be arranged down the inside ofthe hollow handle A in order to prevent the piston C from turning round.

It will be obvious that my invention has many advantages, both on thescore of convenience and utility, because it contains within itself asupplyof material sufficient to provide lather for shaving for aconsiderable length of time without the inconvenience attending the useof a separate stick of soap.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- In combination, the receptacle forming the handle, thebrush at the end of the receptacle, the valve H, arranged adjacent tothe brush and the piston with means for operating the same along thereceptacle, said valve H being under spring pressure and operating inopposition to the movement of the piston, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY JEREMIAH SMITH.

Witnesses:

EDWARD WATERS, EDWARD NEEDHAM WATERS.

